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An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.

Examples :

"My parents keep their savings in secure banks to plan for the future. "

finance business economy organization

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A branch office of such an institution.

Examples :

"There are two banks on Main Street where people can deposit money. "

business finance organization

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An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque.

Examples :

"The banks of the card game decided the winner based on the points accumulated. "

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A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.

Examples :

"The school's building fund is a special bank of money for future renovations. "

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The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.

Examples :

"The casino's banks were low after several high-stakes poker games. "

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Examples :

"The bakery made good banks this week because of the new cake flavor. "

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In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.

Examples :

""When the dominoes game started, we put all the extra pieces in the banks so everyone could draw if they needed more." "

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A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

Examples :

"blood bank; sperm bank; data bank"

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A device used to store coins or currency.

Examples :

"If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank."

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To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

Examples :

"He banked with Barclays."

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To put into a bank.

Examples :

"She banks a portion of her paycheck every month for her future retirement. "

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To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

Examples :

"Johnny banked some coke for me."

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An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

Examples :

"We had a picnic lunch on the banks of the river, watching the ducks swim by. "

geography nature environment

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An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).

Examples :

"the banks of Newfoundland"

geography geology ocean environment nature nautical

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A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

Examples :

"The kids loved to roll down the grassy banks of the hill in the park. "

geology geography nature environment

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The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.

Examples :

"As the airplane banks sharply to the left, passengers on that side get a better view of the city. "

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An incline, a hill.

Examples :

"We sat on the grassy banks beside the river and watched the ducks swim. "

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A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.

Examples :

"The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front."

weather nature mass environment

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The face of the coal at which miners are working.

Examples :

"The miners advanced deeper into the mine, setting explosives at the coal banks. "

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A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.

Examples :

"The old maps showed promising banks of coal near the surface of the hillside, but the shallow excavations proved them mostly depleted. "

geology material industry

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The ground at the top of a shaft.

Examples :

"Ores are brought to bank."

geology technical

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To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

Examples :

"The airplane banks to the left as it prepares to land at the airport. "

vehicle nautical sailing

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To cause (an aircraft) to bank.

Examples :

"As the pilot banks the airplane to the left, we can see the coastline below. "

vehicle nautical sailing

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To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.

Examples :

"to bank sand"

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To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

Examples :

"Before going to bed, he banks the fire with ashes to keep the house warm through the night. "

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To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

Examples :

""The villagers worked together to bank the river with sandbags to protect their homes from the flood." "

geology environment agriculture building architecture

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To pass by the banks of.

Examples :

"Example Sentence: "The tour boat banks the river Nile, allowing passengers to see ancient temples and lush greenery." "

geography nautical

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To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.

Examples :

"The railroad company banks trains struggling to climb the steep grade, adding an extra engine to help them reach the summit. "

vehicle machine technical industry

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A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

Examples :

"a bank of pay phones"

group item structure

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A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.

Examples :

"The beginner piano student struggled to reach all the banks of keys on the large keyboard. "

music machine part technology

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A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.

Examples :

"The computer used two banks of memory to run the demanding video game smoothly. "

computing electronics technology machine structure system device technical

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A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.

Examples :

"The carnival game had three banks of spinning ducks, each with five targets to knock down. "

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(order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.

Examples :

"The gardener banks the soil around the base of each rose bush to protect them from the cold. "

structure organization

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A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

Examples :

"The ancient galley had three banks of oars on each side, allowing the rowers to propel it quickly through the water. "

nautical sailing vehicle structure architecture

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A bench or seat for judges in court.

Examples :

"The judge sat on the high wooden banks in the courtroom. "

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The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc.

Examples :

"The lawyer prepared his argument carefully because he knew the case would be heard before the banks of the court, not just a single judge. "

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A kind of table used by printers.

Examples :

"The printer carefully organized the different fonts of metal type on the banks before starting to set the page. "

technical writing machine industry job

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A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.

Examples :

"The organist skillfully moved between the banks of keys, creating a rich and complex melody. "

music organ part machine

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Slang for money

Examples :

""He made a lot of banks working overtime this week." "

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